Longest bubble yet

I've used this blog post title before, but actually I was misusing it. When I used it before, I was counting the total number of hands played in sit and gos where I wound up in third place, when what I should have been counting was the number of hands played three handed in sit and gos where I survived to three handed play, regardless of my final standing. On Sunday night, I played an incredible 99 hands three handed. The next longest bubble I've ever participated in was a mere 90 hands, in the 8th sit and go I played on February 13th, 2014.

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 45000      5000           6       158     3        0

delta: $-50,000
Sit and go 8-game balance: $361,810
balance: $9,583,390

Longest bubble yet

As I've said before, one of the things I really like about 8-games is their length. It gives me a great sense of accomplishment to be able to take part in a marathon session, where I need to maintain a high level of concentration for well over an hour. Last night, I had my longest bubble yet - 153 hands. This obliterated the previous longest of 104 hands. Of course, bubbling is not what you aim for, but since you have to bubble sometimes, it's nice if you can set personal bests while you're doing it :-)

After the 8-game, I had a hankering to play some pure no limit hold'em tournaments, so I did - to the tune of 4 of them.

buy_in entry_fee num_players num_hands place winnings

 45000      5000           6       153     3        0
 45000      5000           6        16     4        0
 45000      5000           6        19     3        0
 45000      5000           6        26     2    94500
 45000      5000           6        15     4        0

delta: $-155,500
tournament balance: $2,177,090
balance: $9,059,789